Join us at our November meeting! We'll quiz our knowledge of what we know about the first Thanksgiving, learn about the Iroquois Thanksgiving Address, explore gratitude in movement, and present a recipe featuring the cranberry! Light refreshments will be provided. Questions?

The NYC agency is looking to hire Social Work Supervisors, Case Associates and Case Assistants for their Manhattan and Bronx locations. The employer will be conducting one on one interviews onsite at the Washington Heights Workforce1 Center on Thursday June 14th from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm.

The NYC agency is looking to hire Social Work Supervisors, Case Associates and Case Assistants for their Manhattan and Bronx locations. The employer will be conducting one on one interviews onsite at the Washington Heights Workforce1 Center on Thursday June 14th from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm.

Discover how the YM&YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood's Center for Adults Living Well can help you live your best life!
Learn about the many social, recreational, and educational opportunities at the Center! At the Open House you can:

Through our Mobile Market, we distribute free fruits and vegetables, to our community twice each month, in addition to conducting cooking demonstrations and distributing recipes for you and your family.

Workforce1 is a service provided by the NYC Department of Small Business Services that prepares and connects qualified candidates to job opportunities in New York City. We develop relationships directly with businesses that are hiring, then, we get a deep understanding of what they’re looking for in a candidate.

Are you going out of town during the holidays? This article from New York Times travel writer, Shivani Vora discussed how to eat healthy while away on a trip. Avoiding overeating is key because it will leave you feeling overly full and uncomfortable.

With the holidays here it is sometimes hard to plan holiday meals that are as healthy as they are delicious and we are tempted to eat in excess. This is made harder if you or a family member or friend has a special diet due to a health condition like high blood pressure or diabetes.

SAGE Harlem serves LGBT older adults from across the borough and throughout the City with a diverse array of social events and support groups, daily hot nutritional lunches, a cyber center, health and wellness programs, arts and cultural events.

Emergency shelter and drop-in services for LGBTQI runaway and homeless youth age 18-24. Beds available on a first-come first-serve basis each night at 9 pm. The Gary Skala Clinic is open Tuesday-Friday from 4:30pm-9pm for LGBTQI runaway and homeless youth and provides HIV testing, referrals, case management, counseling, food, clothing, and educational groups.

In this article from the New York Times Ask Well blog writer Sophie Egan discusses how people can develop food allergies into adulthood. It is commonly believed that food allergies are developed early in life, with 8% of children having food allergies, compared to 5% of adults.

In this article from the New York Times Well blog writer Catherine Saint Louis discusses the new recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics about juice. The Academy toughened their views on juice in a child's first year. The concern is that children age one and under are consuming too many calories as juice, which offers little nutritional value.

The New York City Community Health Profiles capture the health of 59 community districts across the city. The most comprehensive reports of neighborhood health ever produced, they look beyond traditional health measures to define a broader picture of neighborhood health including conditions such as housing quality, air pollution, and types of food accessible.

National Nutrition Month® is a nutrition education and information campaign created annually in March by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The campaign focuses on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.

What is WIC? The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Ambulatory Care Network's WIC Program is a federal and state-funded nutrition education and supplemental food program. The WIC Program provides nutrition, health, fitness, and breastfeeding information as well as monthly checks for nutritious foods to eligible participants. Who is Eligible?

The holiday season is here! It’s a special time of the year when we visit with family and friends, and gather around the table for traditional meals. In many homes, the holiday meals are larger, we eat for longer than usual, and meals are served at odd hours.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that there are more than 29 million people in the United States with diabetes. About one out of four people with diabetes don't know they have it. Learning more about how to manage diabetes is key to the health of those living with the condition.

On November 3rd City Harvest and Columbia Community Partnership for Health (CCPH) organized a tour of the 175th Street greenmarket. Tour participants met at CCPH and walked to the market located on 175th Street in the Plaza de las Americas as a group. At the market there are tents for vendors offering fresh fruits and vegetables.

You're invited to our November general body meeting! Join the Washington Heights/Inwood Food Council to meet others who also care about food issues in our community. We want to work together to create a healthier food environment with greater access for all.

In our November meeting we will have a discussion of the local food retail environment.

The ARC XVI Fort Washington Senior Center, located at 4111 Broadway, has been a “second home” to thousands of seniors of the Washington Heights-Inwood area since 1973. For 43 years ARC XVI has provided free meals, social services, transportation, recreational activities and classes such as dancing, arts and culture, health and wellness, and ESL to seniors.

This is a small group planning meeting to plan our September general body meeting. We are working on organizing the group as we are fairly new. Anybody interested in attending should RSVP with Catarina at crivera@cityharvest.org or 646-412-0719.

The Community Meal is open for everyone. If you would like a good hot meal along with some social and spiritual food, please join us. We often have other services being offered alongside the Community Meal as well.

Many people have a hard time finding low-cost, fresh fruits and vegetables for their families. GrowNYC helps people buy fruits and vegetables in their communities from local farmers through a program called Greenmarket.

GrowNYC Greenmarkets are as diverse as the city itself! No matter where you are in NYC, you can find a bustling space filled with neighbors, families, office workers and chefs all shopping side-by-side for the freshest of products.

Free Summer Meals Starts June 29, 2016. Breakfast and lunch continues beyond the scheduled instructional school year from June 29th to September 2nd. Our Summer Meals Program is available at hundreds of public schools, community pool centers, New York City Housing Authority complexes, Libraries, and other locations around the city.

As many of us are long past our New Year’s resolutions many of which were promises to eat healthy and be more active, a friendly reminder that it is still possible to achieve those resolutions. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has some great resources about men’s health as a part of the Eat Right campaign.

Food Assistance This Holiday Season
If you need help accessing food this holiday season, you can download and print our Guide to Food Resources in Upper Manhattan below, as well as find organizations on Get Healthy Heights that offer food assistance to local residents.

As we prepare for Thanksgiving Day, it is sometimes hard to figure out healthy alternatives to our traditional holiday foods. Many of our favorite foods are high in calories and fat, serving ourselves seconds, or even thirds, does not help our waistline either. Thanksgiving dinner does not have to affect your weight.

What is cholesterol? Why should you be concerned about cholesterol?
What is the difference between good and bad cholesterol?
How does what you eat affect your cholesterol? What foods will reduce your cholesterol?

Located at 10th Avenue and 201st Street, the Dyckman Senior Center serves a multi-ethnic population of seniors. With over 700 members, the Center provides an opportunity for seniors to meet with friends, participate in various recreational activities or a shopping trip and eat a nutritionally-balanced meal.

Bisphenol-A (BPA) is one of the highest volume chemicals produced worldwide. It is used to harden plastics, keep bacteria from growing in foods, and prevent cans from rusting. It is found in products we use every day: baby bottles, water bottles, food storage containers, the lining of canned goods and cash register receipts. (BPA is present in recycled and carbonless copy paper.)

The High Bridge, New York City’s oldest standing bridge, opened June 9th! This summer, the High Bridge will once again connect pedestrians and bicyclists from Manhattan and the Bronx, opening a park that has been closed to the public for more than 40 years.

The Northern Manhattan Fellowship is a 10-month leadership and professional development program, which brings together emerging leaders from faith-based, community and governmental organizations to hone their leadership, networking, and community-building skills.

Join us in a discussion of supermarkets in your community and how they contribute to your quality of life:

1. Hear from representatives of government agencies and organizations
2. Learn about initiatives that affect your community food environment
3. Questions and answers about improving your local food environment

Continuing our appreciation for volunteers, we would like to highlight our YUM volunteer Bobbie Gamble. Bobbie co-volunteers for the YUM Market which includes a group of dedicated individuals ranging in age from 7 to 97 who sell fresh produce to promote healthier living to our staff and residents.

Meatless Monday is an international movement to help people reduce their meat consumption by 15%. On average, Americans consume 8 ounces of meat per day – 45% more than the USDA recommends. Going meatless one day a week can reduce the risk of chronic preventable conditions like cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity.

With four core programs that work together to provide answers for seniors and their families: Riverstone Memory Center: Engaging adult day services for people with memory loss due to Alzheimer's or other condition. Support groups and other activities for caregivers underscore Riverstone's recognition of their importance in the balance of care.

Moriah Older Adult Luncheon Club was founded in 1974 to serve seniors of all ethnicities in Washington Heights and Inwood - two communities which contain the highest percentage of seniors in the New York area. Moriah serves fresh, nutritious, hot lunches to seniors.

The Dyckman Senior Center serves a multi-ethnic population of senior citizens. With over 325 members, the Center provides members with the opportunity to meet with friends, participate in various recreational activities, and eat healthy meals.

The Community League of the Heights food pantry caters to the needs of Upper Manhattan. To collect food from the pantry you must have photo ID. Hours*: Wednesday 9am-11am Saturday 8:30am-10am *Hours vary depending on availability of food, so come early!

Trip includes 2 hours of outlet shopping at Tanger Outlets with discount coupon booklets, an all you can eat buffet voucher for the Festival Buffet at Foxwoods, and time to play with a $10- $15 bonus to get started. Cost: $49 per person due by April 20th. Payment plans can be made.

The New York Common Pantry is dedicated to reducing hunger throughout New York City while promoting dignity and self-sufficiency. Our Pantry Program is New York City's largest community-based food pantry and is designed to meet the needs of our families by providing culturally-appropriate and nutritiously-balanced food.

Snapshot of WAHI is a series of infographics about Washington Heights & Inwood (WAHI) that is based on data free to the public. Each infographic highlights a health topic and links viewers to tools and web apps (applications). Data on WAHI is compared to data on Manhattan and New York City (NYC).

On April 5 and 6, 2014, our organization will host the annual Just Food Conference in partnership with the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy. This two-day event will offer opportunities for the general public, food professionals, CSA members, community organizers and farmers to come together for workshops, skill-building sessions, all-day intensives, and tours.

Every Saturday Located at Manhattan's northern-most point, at the foot of Inwood Hill Park, one the city's biggest and most beautiful parks, this market is a year-round neighborhood favorite. People of all ages, backgrounds, and tastes gather each Saturday to meet and greet their friends and neighbors and do their weekly shopping.